Re:Ask HN: Should I move to Berlin?
by leonya2 on Monday November 06, 2017 @07:42AM
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If you're considering Germany as a place to stay long-time, you should consider two things:
- fluency in German will be a big factor for long-term happiness. Becoming fluent will take a long time.
- Germany (and most of Western Europe) is not the world leader in take-home pay. People here typically spend 25-30% of their income on rent, another 30% on other expenses, and maybe save the rest. Germans are frugal but saving more than 30% is pretty rare for sure. Spending to cover the bare essentials and saving the rest is not a typical way of life here. If you're saving for something big then maybe stay in Dubai or go to, say, Switzerland?
- fluency in German will be a big factor for long-term happiness. Becoming fluent will take a long time.
- Germany (and most of Western Europe) is not the world leader in take-home pay. People here typically spend 25-30% of their income on rent, another 30% on other expenses, and maybe save the rest. Germans are frugal but saving more than 30% is pretty rare for sure. Spending to cover the bare essentials and saving the rest is not a typical way of life here. If you're saving for something big then maybe stay in Dubai or go to, say, Switzerland?